* Your travel itinerary plus ticket, driver’s license, passport, medical ID and insurance card, credit cards, traveler’s checks, and petty cash for tipping. For extra security, pack photo-copies of your documents in another bag.
* An attractive altar cloth to cover the hotel-room TV or table, pictures of family and friends, icons, and items that bring you comfort. (See “Travel Altar”.)
* A CD player plus headphones, both relaxing and passionate music, bath salts and aromatherapy oils (lavender is always nice), small candles in a tin, and incense. (See “Spa Night”.)
* Workout shoes and clothes, a bathing suit, and a few ziplock plastic bags to carry wet clothes or bottles that might leak.
* Bottled water, trail mix, an array of energy bars, herbal tea, fruit, vegetables, vitamins, and your usual favorite snacks.
To be fully aware means to be fully aware now, at this moment. There is no past. There is no future. There is only now.
—Gourasana